Jennifer Stahn

KAMLOOPS – B.C. Wildfire remains on scene of a wildfire about nine kilometres west of Logan Lake as crews work to extinguish any hot spots. The fire, mapped at 15.5 hectares, is in a logging slash area near Bose Lake north of Highland Valley Copper. Information officer Michaela Swan says not structures are threatened and...

KAMLOOPS - The weekly farmers' market has taken over the entire 400 block of Victoria Street and lots of produce, crafts and entertainment are pouring into the street as dozens of people shop during the lunch hour today. The farmers' market is the kickoff to the annual downtown event which takes place in conjunction with...

KAMLOOPS – Dressed for the weather in a casual polo top and flip flops, Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau personally drove his family to Riverside Park in a large RV before speaking to the large gathering about citizen engagement and the importance of getting Canadians to be less cynical when it comes to politics....

KAMLOOPS – Downtown will be the scene of the annual Merchants Market this week as the Wednesday farmer's market takes over both sides of Victoria Street, Taste of the Town offers up assorted eats, a community carnival sets up in the 300 block of Victoria Street and the buskers showdown livens up the annual sidewalk...

KAMLOOPS - Members of a group against the proposed Ajax mine are not surprised by the announcement Kamloops Daily News editor Robert Koopmans has left to take a job with KGHM Ajax Mining Inc. “I thought he was working for KGHM a long time ago,” Kamloops Area Preservation Association spokesperson Don Barz said Monday. “The...

KAMLOOPS – With the construction of water parks and pools, the city offers residents cool places to play in the dry summer heat, but a new program will help them stay hydrated as well. On July 1, the city rolled out a brand new mobile hydration station — a unit that can fill up to...

KAMLOOPS – The province is moving forward with the resurfacing of 23 kilometres of Hwy 5A between Kamloops and Merritt this summer as the project goes to tender this week. Both lanes of the highway between the head of Nicola Lake and Stump Lake Ranch will be resurfaced and new delineators will be added to...

KAMLOOPS – KGHM Ajax has poached top leadership at another Kamloops institution to shore up its public relations team. The Kamloops Daily News confirmed that managing editor Robert Koopmans has resigned and left the newsroom to accept a position with Ajax. According to the Daily News he offered leave immediately on Friday because of the...

KAMLOOPS – You know how hard those exercise balls can be to balance on while just sitting? Imagine yourself trying to balance while down on all fours and going through a series of sits, stands and lay downs while balancing on that exercise ball. One trainer in Kamloops is touting the benefits of strength training...

KAMLOOPS – Impassioned pleas from neighbours led council to a split vote in June and a decision was made to wait for Coun. Marg Spina to return with the tie-breaking vote at the next meeting. Some of those neighbours were again in council chambers when the vote to not allow a variance for a carport...

KAMLOOPS – Nearly 30 years in Kamloops and Crime Stoppers continues to provide an important link between the public and the police. More than 17,000 tips have been received by the Kamloops component since 1984 and in 2012 the number of tips grew by nearly 74 per cent over the previous year to 716 tips...

KAMLOOPS – The city is willing to provide about 25 per cent of the normal operations funding the Kamloops Heritage Railway receives from the city to take care of phase two of the renovations — taking apart the boiler to assess exactly what needs to be done to bring the ailing 2141 steam engine back...

KAMLOOPS – In June council tasked staff with creating a committee of citizens interested in looking at council remuneration and this week council was asked if a seven member committee, instead of the originally planned five, would be okay. Applications to be on the task force were accepted through July 12 and at the end a...

KAMLOOPS – The province is looking for public input on the Lac du Bois Grasslands after adding more than 2,800 ha of land to the protected area earlier this year. A management plan, developed in 2004, now requires more detailed direction for the special feature area portion of the protected area. With more than 15,200...

KAMLOOPS – It was a brief storm caused by a cold front coming into the area, but it was enough to cause branches and trees around the city to come tumbling down as wind gusts nearing 70 km/h hit the city yesterday evening. Environment Canada spokesperson Doug Lundquist says with higher wind gusts boats can...